Bottle opener



Oct. 2, 1934. c. A. MOSGROVE El AL 1,975,472

BOTTLE OPENER Filed July 24, -1953 INVENTOR5 pZd/w 4% j wzcl w ATTORNEY5- Patented Get. 2, 1934 BOTTLE OPENER Charles A. Mcsgrov e, Waterbury, and Milton D. Meserole, Milford, 001111., assignors to The Autoyre Company,

Conn, a corporation of Connecticut Incorporated, Oakville,

Application July 24,1933, Serial No. 681,920

3 Claims;

This invention relates to new and useful im-' provements in bottle openers, and has for an object to provide a bottle opener by means of which bottle caps may be easily-and quickly removed from bottles without chipping or otherwise damaging the bottles.

Another object is to provide a bottle opener of simple construction which may be manufactured at low cost and which may be easily and quickly secured in place to any suitable support as a partition, wall, side of a refrigerator, or the like.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein a satisfactory embodiment of the invention is shown. However, it will be understoood that the invention is not limited to the details disclosed but includes all such variations and modifications as fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing our improved bottle opener;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the bottle opener in use;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation view showing the improved bottle opener secured to a support and in use; and

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the improved opener.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the improved opener comprising a body generally designated 5 is shown as formed from a single length of strip metal. The opener includes an intermediate flat attaching portion 6 having openings 7 therethrough for the passage of any suitable securing means as for example the screws 8 shown as securing or attaching the improved opener to any suitable support 9 which may be a portion of a wall or a piece of studding, or the side of. a refrigerator or thelike.

Beyond the attaching portion 6 the upper end portion of the body 5 is bent to provide an outwardly and downwardly extending inclined portion 10 the extreme end of which is bent downwardly and inclined inwardly toward the lower upturned end portion 14 to provide a lip 11 the edge of which is preferably cut away on an are as at 12. Portions 10 and 11 form a stripping means for removing caps from bottles. The lower portion of the body 5 beyond theattaching portion 6 is looped upon itself as at 13 and then bent to provide an upwardly and inwardly exsine tending portion 14 constituting a guide. If desired, the extreme end edge of portion 14 may be cut away on an arc as at 15.

To prepare the improved bottle opener for use it [is but necessary to secure it to any suitable support as by means of screws 8 or the like passed through the openings '7. When using the improvedbottleopener the bottle bearing the cap to be removed is inserted by placing one edge of the cap in engagement with the inclined guide 14 as suggested by the dotted lines showing a bottle neck 16 and cap 17 in Fig. 3. On an upward or inward pressure on the bottle the cap slides along the guide 14 whereby the cap is directed upwardly and inwardly disposing it within the opener and with its free edge in engagement with or in position to engage the inner side of the lip 11.

This last position of the bottle and cap is shown in full lines in Figs. 2 and 3 and from these figures it will be apparent that on the bottle being given a downward rocking movement the cap 17 wih be stripped from the bottle neck 16. During this rocking movement of the bottle one edge of the cap fulcrums against the intermediate portion 6 of the body of the opener as at 18. This intermediate portion of the opener is solidly supported as clearly shown in Fig. 3. As the bottle is rocked downwardly the lower or free edge of the cap is pressed against the lip 11 of the stripping means and the cap is removed from the body.

Owing to the presence of the guide 14 bottles may be rapidly opened with the present device. It is but necessary for the operator to force the cap of a bottle against the guide and upward or inward pressure on the bottle will result in the cap being disposed within the opener and with the cap so located that its lower or free edge is either in engagement with the lip 11 or in a position to engage said lip when the bottle is rocked downwardly about the point 18 as a fulcrum. The improved opener is so made that there is inherent in it a certain amount of resiliency, this being particularly true of the stripping means 10 and 11. Therefore, the opener will not chip the neck of a bottle when the cap is removed, this being true irrespective of Whether or not the operator is somewhat careless or rough in uncapping bottles.

Having thus set forth the nature of our invention, what we claim is:

1. A bottle opener comprising a body formed of a single length of metal, said body including a fiat intermediate portion adapted to be secured to an upright support, a yieldable stripping means at one end of said body including a forwardly bent end portion of said length of metal, a directing means at the other end of said body including an upwardly and inwardly inclined portion formed by looping the said other end portion of the length of metal upon itself, said body of such length that said inwardly inclined portion stops short of the stripper a distance greater than the diameter of a bottle cap, and said directing means positioned and inclined to be engaged by one edge portion of a bottle cap and direct the bottle neck upwardly and inwardly to dispose an edge of the bottle cap in position to engage the stripping means with an opposite edge portion of the cap in engagement with the fiat intermediate portion of the body.

2. A bottle opener comprising a body formed of a single length of metal, said body including a fiat intermediate portion adapted to be secured to an upright support, a yieldable stripping means at one end of said body including a forwardly and downwardly bent end portion of said length of metal, said end portion having its extreme end bent downwardly and inwardly providing a bottle cap engaging lip, a directing means at the other end of said body including an upwardly and inwardly inclined portion formed by looping the said other end portion of the length of metal upon itself, said body of such length that said inclined directing portion stops short of said lip a distance somewhat greater than the diameter of a bottle cap, and said directing means positioned and inclined to be engaged by one edge portion of a bottle cap and direct the bottle neck upwardly and inwardly to dispose an edge of the bottle cap in position to engage the stripping means With'an opposite portion of the cap engagement with the flat intermediate portion of the body.

3. A bottle opener comprising a body formed ofa single strip of metal including a substantially flat intermediate portion adapted to be secured to an upright support, the upper end portion being extended outwardly and bent downwardly at its outer end to provide a lip to engage under the edge of a bottle cap, the lower portion of the metal strip being folded on itself outwardly and upwardly with the free end portion inclined upwardly and inwardly toward said intermediate portion and spaced below said lip a distance at least equal to the diameter of a bottle cap to engage the lower edge of a bottle cap and guide it upwardly and inwardly to dispose its upper edge behind said lip and its said lower edge against the flat portion of the body.

CHARLES A. MC'SGROVE. MILTON D. MESEROLE. 

